As if the weather isn't depressing enough.

I didn't bother watching Der Fuehrer last night. More lies I don't need to listen to.

So much for Fitzmas in May. Jason Leopold, Sockpuppet Extraordinaire.

And, as if the news in this country isn't depressing enough, the civil war we started in Iraq is intensifying. See Juan Cole's entry for today.

Al-Sari said that for the last month, Basra has been afflicted by a mass of assassinations, equalling one each hour of the day. (That would be 24 a day, and 720 for the month). Sources in the city allege that the police are helpless to intervene, and indeed refuse to go out to the crime scene to attempt to capture the assassins, since they would take fire from tribesmen supporting the assassins, who belong to their tribe.

The Professor's article today also directed me towards photos at AfterDowningStreet.org. Go look, face the war that this government won't let you see. And if so inclined, say a prayer. For them, for us.

Those pictures are not for the weak of heart or mind. But then, the truth never is.